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Vitaly Prosyak
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A race condition in the devcoredump code causes a NULL pointer
dereference in amdgpu_devcoredump_format() when multiple GPU resets
occur in quick succession.
The sequence of events:
1. First reset calls amdgpu_coredump(), creates coredump1, sets
adev->coredump = coredump1, and queues the deferred work.
2. The deferred work begins executing (work_pending() returns false
since the work is now running, not just queued).
3. A second reset calls amdgpu_coredump(). work_pending() returns
false because the work is running, so amdgpu_coredump() proceeds:
creates coredump2, overwrites adev->coredump = coredump2, and
re-queues the deferred work with queue_work().
4. The first deferred work finishes and unconditionally sets
adev->coredump = NULL, destroying the reference to coredump2.
5. The re-queued deferred work starts and reads
adev->coredump = NULL. It then passes this NULL into
amdgpu_devcoredump_format() which dereferences coredump->adev
(offset 0 in the struct), triggering:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:amdgpu_devcoredump_format+0xa6/0x36b0 [amdgpu]
This was observed during the amd_deadlock IGT test where multiple
subtests trigger rapid ring resets. The dmesg log shows four
coredumps created within 120ms (at 102.377s, 104.424s, 104.492s,
and 104.497s), with the crash occurring 13ms after the last one.
Fix this with two changes:
- Replace work_pending() with work_busy() in amdgpu_coredump() to
also reject new coredumps while the deferred work is executing,
not just when it is queued. This closes the main race window.
- Add a defensive NULL check for adev->coredump at the start of
amdgpu_devcoredump_deferred_work() to prevent the crash if the
race still occurs (work_busy() is advisory, not a full barrier).
v2: Drop the job->pasid NULL guard -- that fix was independently
submitted and merged as commit 4c1f0a162da5 ("drm/amdgpu: add
job->pasid in check as amdgpu_job could be NULL") by Sunil
Khatri, reviewed by Christian König. Integrate with that
patch as suggested by Christian.
Fixes: 4bbba79a7f ("drm/amdgpu: move devcoredump generation to a worker")
Cc: Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@amd.com>
Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Prosyak <vitaly.prosyak@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
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